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I learned at lunch today from my Indian friend (slurpee Indian, not casino Indian) that according to Indian tradition, if you pass salt hand-to-hand to one another, it means you'll get in a fight with that person.

So you have to put the salt down, then the other guy picks it up.

What other bizarre superstitions are there for various cultures?

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Don't pour out hot water or the Jin will curse your family or kill your children... or something. and i'm pretty sure jin is wrong, but similar to that.

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Is he from the 7-11 tribe?

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On Okinawa (maybe mainland Japan too) it's bad luck to leave chopsticks stuck in a bowl of rice.

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sounds like Indian's are [censored] retarted.

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It's about as retarded as holding your breath as you pass a cemetary, thinking you'll get bad luck if you walk under a ladder, break a mirror, or a black cat crosses your path, thinking a horseshoe or rabbit's foot will give you good luck, thinking that stepping on a spider will bring rain, throwing salt over your shoulder when you spill it, etc...etc...

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You must have missed the Iraqi female circumcission thread...

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You must have missed the Iraqi female circumcission thread...

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I think it got removed for some strange reason.

And female circumcision is a cherish cultural tradition, not a silly superstition. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

A related superstition is the belief that wearing a necklace made of circumcised clitorises will bring good luck, however.

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You must have missed the Iraqi female circumcission thread...

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I think it got removed for some strange reason.

And female circumcision is a cherish cultural tradition, not a silly superstition. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

A related superstition is the belief that wearing a necklace made of circumcised clitorises will bring good luck, however.

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I asked for weird superstitions. Who doesn't have a clit necklace?

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The father of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (kind of like their George Washington) is supposed to have said on his deathbed that he would be reincarnated as a cat, and would bite the heel of his chosen successor. So most Turks would actually like to be bitten on the heel by a stray cat.

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I asked for weird superstitions. Who doesn't have a clit necklace?

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It's the only way to get any street cred these days.

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A related superstition is the belief that wearing a necklace made of circumcised clitorises will bring good luck, however.

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I asked for weird superstitions. Who doesn't have a clit necklace?

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yes. i attribute at least .5bb/hour to mine.

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On Okinawa (maybe mainland Japan too) it's bad luck to leave chopsticks stuck in a bowl of rice.

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this is true in many asian countries - it signifies death

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On Okinawa (maybe mainland Japan too) it's bad luck to leave chopsticks stuck in a bowl of rice.

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this is true in many asian countries - it signifies death

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Interesting I didn't know this was across cultures. My first week on Oki, i went with some friends to one of their girlfriend's house. She cooked for us all. Someone left the chopsticks sticking out of his rice and she absolutely flipped out. I mean she went crazy.

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My favorite was from a guy from Hong Kong who didn't respond to my feminine charms [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] --

In Chinese tradition, saying someone is wearing a "green hat" means they're a cuckold. And that there's nothing funnier to him on St Patricks Day seeing seas of green plastic hats atop drunken (pseudo-)Irish celebrating the day.

Sh, it's a secret tho [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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I learned at lunch today from my Indian friend (slurpee Indian, not casino Indian) that according to Indian tradition, if you pass salt hand-to-hand to one another, it means you'll get in a fight with that person.

So you have to put the salt down, then the other guy picks it up.

What other bizarre superstitions are there for various cultures?

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Ive been an indian my entire life and never heard of this..
Although my freshman year in college in the USA..i did get asked "do the elephants just poop on the side of the road in india??"

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a rice bowl with chopsticks sticking out of them is one of the traditional items at a japanese funeral (food for the journey, etc). As i was raised, it's not so much bad luck as extremely rude.

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Although my freshman year in college in the USA..i did get asked "do the elephants just poop on the side of the road in india??"

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...Well?

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Ive been an indian my entire life and never heard of this.. Although my freshman year in college in the USA..i did get asked "do the elephants just poop on the side of the road in india??"

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an excellent question...?

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a rice bowl with chopsticks sticking out of them is one of the traditional items at a japanese funeral (food for the journey, etc). As i was raised, it's not so much bad luck as extremely rude.

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Interesting. So I guess that's where it comes from. Where are you, or your family, from?

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Ive been an indian my entire life and never heard of this.. Although my freshman year in college in the USA..i did get asked "do the elephants just poop on the side of the road in india??"

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an excellent question...?

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Nah...we have elephant shitters instead of gas stations..

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My favorite was from a guy from Hong Kong who didn't respond to my feminine charms --

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Hong Kong, Mississippi? Is that near Meridian?

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Japanese from Hawaii. 4th generation, so the culture's been watered down a hell of a lot.

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Ive been an indian my entire life and never heard of this.. Although my freshman year in college in the USA..i did get asked "do the elephants just poop on the side of the road in india??"

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an excellent question...?

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Nah...we have elephant shitters instead of gas stations..

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Wow. I'd hate to be the guy who has to clean that one.

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High-rise buildings with no 13th floor.

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Ive been an indian my entire life and never heard of this.. Although my freshman year in college in the USA..i did get asked "do the elephants just poop on the side of the road in india??"

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an excellent question...?

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Nah...we have elephant shitters instead of gas stations..

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Wow. I'd hate to be the guy who has to clean that one.

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Well, their fingers would be cut off if they didnt...besides why would they not for $40 a month.

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Well, their fingers would be cut off if they didnt...besides why would they not for $40 a month.

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tell us more about your country. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

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Well, their fingers would be cut off if they didnt...besides why would they not for $40 a month.

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tell us more about your country. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

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Well u cant walk outta the house without seeing a venomous snake...if u see a car on the road..u should take a picture,cuz it aint every [censored] day.... learn how to use smoke signals and messenger pigeons..telephones are just catching on and very unreliable..
What else would u like to know??

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Indonesians believe that if you give someone a knife it will end the relationship. Therefore, when someone gives a knife as a gift, the receiver will give a penny.

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Indonesians believe that if you give someone a knife it will end the relationship. Therefore, when someone gives a knife as a gift, the receiver will give a penny.

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what's the penny for? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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What else would u like to know??

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what's the deal with those guys lying around on beds of nails? why do girls put that bullseye on their heads?

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Indonesians believe that if you give someone a knife it will end the relationship. Therefore, when someone gives a knife as a gift, the receiver will give a penny.

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They also believe the relationship is finished if you stick the knife in the other person regardless of whether they gave you a penny or not.

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Japanese from Hawaii. 4th generation, so the culture's been watered down a hell of a lot.

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Hey m2d, what's after "yonsei"? I asked my (now passed) grandfather once what was after me (yonsei) and he said, "after that, IT DOESN'T MATTER!"

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Indonesians believe that if you give someone a knife it will end the relationship. Therefore, when someone gives a knife as a gift, the receiver will give a penny.


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If you pay, it's not a gift.

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What else would u like to know??

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what's the deal with those guys lying around on beds of nails? why do girls put that bullseye on their heads?

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The bed of nails is done to prove they have experienced nirvana, they can complete relax their muscles(otherwise the nails would puncture the skin).
The "bullseye" is called a Bindi, hindu wives wear it to signify that theyre married..sorta like a wedding ring .

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go-sei, but your grandfather was correct

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What else would u like to know??

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what's the deal with those guys lying around on beds of nails? why do girls put that bullseye on their heads?

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The bed of nails is done to prove they have experienced nirvana, they can complete relax their muscles(otherwise the nails would puncture the skin).
The "bullseye" is called a Bindi, hindu wives wear it to signify that theyre married..sorta like a wedding ring .

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I thought the bullseye was to sympbolize they work for Party customer support?

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I thought the bullseye was to sympbolize they work for Party customer support?

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this made me laugh pretty hard.

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The bed of nails is done to prove they have experienced nirvana, they can complete relax their muscles(otherwise the nails would puncture the skin).
The "bullseye" is called a Bindi, hindu wives wear it to signify that theyre married..sorta like a wedding ring .


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I thought the bullseye was to sympbolize they work for Party customer support?

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if you aim a the bullseye from two feet away, you get a perfectly placed pearl necklace.

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cuck·old Audio pronunciation of "cuckold" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kkld, kk-)
n.

A man married to an unfaithful wife.

(i had to look it up)